Thread: Am I missing something !

Originally Posted by RafalS

when it comes to sham, what I've been trying to say is not that he a honing legend or anything, I've never had razor sharpened by him so I cannot say anything about his abilities myself. What I have been trying to say is that he is very anal about his finishing stones, only couple from couple hundred coticules he tried he was satisfied with, where most people would be satisfied with just an average coti.
When it comes to AJ's vintage Eschers and Thuringens I cannot comment on that, I don't own neither of the stones, However I am owner of his dragon's tongue and lynn meynllyn hones, which I bought not for grit rating but the reviews they got on this website. they were my first stones together with king ice bear 1/6K combo. I never had a professionally sharpened razor so it's hard to comment form me, but over last year and a half I've taught myself to hone on those stones. Shave I'm getting is very similar to shavette with derby blades, so comfortable for my face.
Rafal

Oh I agree - about him being very anal. However that is the stamp of a hard to please, fussy person, the type that is annoyingly critical about everything. For instance in the early days of R&S it was Sham's way or have ridicule heaped on your opinion (I did not fall into that category - I give as good or better than I get) and needless to say, most of the sheep decided to toe the party line. That's as good as megalomania in my opinion.

BTW it is wrong to say that the Dragons Tongues are A-Js stones as they are not and were commercially available on a large scale a good hundred years or more before he was born and on a smaller scale probably centuries before that. The name and the mine is the property of Inigo Jones, much espoused on this website long before A-J came along. You can buy direct from Inigo Jones and they will cut to size for you and if you order enough they lower the price. I believe the redoubtable Tony of Taylors1000 offers them now as well.

The same is true of the Llyn Melynllyn stone. It is mined by others and sold to A-J. So much has been written here about this stone that I would refer you to those other posts for a true story of it rather than A-Js pipe dreams.

As for your closing statement I couldn't agree more - it is your face and how it feels to you that is of paramount importance.

Regards,
Neil